18. Reactions of the Parties

On October 2nd, at the castle of the Viscount of Roth, the grey goose leader had just finished enjoying a night of care from the Terran girls.

To tell the truth, he now knew why the human nobles had to build castles, there were wind arrays in the castles to maintain ventilation in the room, fire and ice arrays to regulate the temperature, silent arrays to separate himself from the barbarians outside, and baths, alchemy lamps, and the services of Terran maids.

At this moment, the leader of the gray geese is already full of ambition, and after sweeping the northwest territory of the dragon this time, he will return to the galloping horse plain with hundreds of slaves and thousands of demonsless.

He was going to build a large castle on the edge of the salt mine, and the salt mine would make him pay enough for him to hire a Terran mage to set up a magic circle for the castle.

Now he is no longer satisfied with the market of the Northwest Count, he still wants to find the Kirislav caravan in the east and the Count of the Northern Dragon, and open up new markets.

Of course, what is more important is the Blue Dragon Lord, without him there would not be enough salt pots.

"Chief," a barbarian from the Grey Goose, came to report, "The entire knight village of Roth has been taken. As the leader had requested, we did not attack the territory of the other dragon nobles, but they may have discovered us. ”

"Hahaha, okay, just let them find out, if they don't find out, how do they know that Roth has become mine, how can they join us in Blue Magpie City, and how can we take advantage of the situation and sweep their castle"

"Yes, Chief. Our warriors on the plains have set up camp outside the castle, and 200 warriors are ready to go, just waiting for your order."

"Don't be in a hurry, give the old maned wolf a little time, and let them take a good look at our team," said the grey goose leader absently, "what about the other camps on the plains?" Isn't it for them to go south as soon as possible? ”

"Yes, our cavalry has already separated to give orders"

"Okay, in addition to keeping the salt mine guarded, let the other tribes come over and let them see how we are besieging the Earl of the Dragon"

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Less than 40 kilometers east of Viscount Roth's castle is the maned wolf family's own land, the Blue Magpie Barony. The castles of this realm are directly managed by each Maned Wolf Count.

Once Blue Magpie was a supply base for many armies heading to the Galloping Horse Plain, with ready-made granaries, docks, barracks, and forts. It was two days away from Maned Wolf City, and whenever the barbarians went south on a large scale, the knights of the Maned Wolf Knights and the various barons and viscounts in the county would advance here, ready to expel the barbarians.

And along the boundary river between Roth and Blue Magpie, there are several lookout camps, and these simple camps are usually next to the drawbridges of the boundary river, and the drawbridges are immediately raised as soon as a large-scale barbarian invasion is discovered.

As early as 5 days ago, all the drawbridges had been raised, and the barbarians had invaded on a large scale, they had stormed the castle of Rot, and they had occupied the entire territory of Rot.

With the appearance of the barbarians near the Boundary River, intentionally or unintentionally, the entire Blue Magpie Territory has fallen into a huge panic.

Viscount Roth used to be the deputy head of the Maned Wolf Knights, a high-ranking knight, and he was also considered a high-ranking master in the entire Northwest Territory, and the knights under his command were also a well-known force in Maned Wolf City.

And this powerful force did not last 3 days in front of this barbarian, and not even a knight was able to break through and report the news.

The knights who stayed behind in the Blue Magpie Castle had long understood the seriousness of the matter, and since September 31, they have been collecting information from Rottne every day and constantly reporting to Maned Wolf City.

"My lord, the knight is sir," a knight ran over to report that "there was an abnormality on the west side of the Jiehe"

"What? What's going on? The chief knight asked, but he didn't stop. He put on his helmet and rode directly out of the castle, and ran to the boundary river with his personal guards.

Ten minutes later, the chief knight led the people to the nearest observation post to the territory of Roth, only to see a few jungles on the other side of the river, and many birds flew directly into the sky.

"What's going on?" The chief knight immediately went up to the watchtower.

Looking at the Roth Collar from the 30-meter-high watchtower, I saw a huge smoke and dust more than ten kilometers away, and a group of barbarian cavalry rushed out of the smoke, and the tall barbarians rode on the black-scaled horse for a few minutes, and they had already rushed to the river, and more than 200 cavalry were like a burst of black fog, along the river bank from north to south.

Behind the barbarian cavalry, there were numerous convoys of pack beasts, flocks, and the Demonsless, as well as a large number of Demonsless carrying logs.

The chief knight knew that the river at his feet could no longer protect the Blue Magpie Castle, and with so many demons-free people, they had enough materials to make a huge bridge.

"Call everyone and get out of here at once. Inform all the sentry posts along the coast and be ready to evacuate to Fort Blue Magpie at any time! ”

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The Lord's Mansion of Maned Wolf City.

A note fell silently from Caspian Manewolf's hand

"200 people? How is this possible? "Where did this come from, the earl's heart made a huge wave, behind the 200 cavalry are at least another 400 cavalry, they still need to stay in the camp, stay in the salt mines, and close to 4,000 demonsless, this is at least 60 camps.

It is impossible to say whether these 60 camps can be gathered from the entire south of the Galloping Horse River, how could so many cavalry gather together?

"Father? Right now... What now? "The eldest son, Fernando Maned Wolf, was equally shocked, and according to Imperial standards, the Maned Wolf Knights had a knighthood of 50 high, middle, low, and reserve knights.

Among them, 3 senior knights, 10 intermediate knights and 20 junior knights are the main force of this order, and the remaining 17 reserve knights are mostly the second or third sons of various barons and viscounts.

The other viscounts and barons, combined, should be able to make up about 70 knights, and this team will be very weak in the face of 200 cavalry.

If the knights of the entire county formed a knightly order and directly confronted 200 barbarians, perhaps the knights would be able to win in the end, but the price of victory would be extremely severe.

As the most advanced maned wolf knights, I am afraid that they will be ready to sacrifice more than half, and the remaining 2 viscounts and 4 barons may have to catch up with their own heirs or the lord himself, and this battle will not last for 10 years, and the strength of the county will not be able to recover at all.

However, the proportion of demon supporters of the barbarians is higher than that of the human race, and there may be another wave next year.

Taking a step back, even if the Knights do not collide with the main force of the barbarians, they will definitely form a confrontation in Blue Magpie City. If the knights of each territory are gathered, their territory will be empty, and the barbarians can completely break into it with light cavalry.

If the knights are not summoned, then the viscounts and barons of the entire county will probably have to face a barbarian cavalry team of more than 100.

Kempins now felt very frustrated, the barbarian invasion was a conspiracy, and they could maneuver at high speeds in a short time by relying on the mobility of their horses.

The Roth Territory had fallen due to the slow movement of the Maned Wolf Family, and without the gatekeeper of Roth Castle, the Kornico Pass, the barbarian cavalry could run freely throughout the Northwest Earldom.

The Knights defend in one place is equal to abandon the other, and defending everywhere is equal to not defending everywhere.

"I didn't expect that it would be just a few days of hard work, and Rot's castle was lost like this," the count finally spoke, "What do the barbarians want?" ”

"Grain? Money? Population? ”

"Well, they've got Rot, but it's not enough" The Count guessed the barbarian's intentions, but what if he guessed? Is it possible to carry out large-scale relocation? Or can you divide the troops to defend?

"Inform the Maned Wolf Knights to enter the Blue Magpie Castle. Ask the viscounts and barons east and south of Mane Wolf City to close the castle and mobilize all the knights of the Baron and Viscount to Blue Magpie City. ”

"Father"

"Let's keep one of them."

"Then do you want to go to the royal capital...

"No, we're just understaffed now, and it's not that Mane Wolf City is under siege. Let each family produce some demon supporters, and our army can reach more than 200 people, and we may not suffer a loss in a battle with them. Now in the Earldom again, the magic is smooth, and the advantage is mine! ”

"That's good, father" Fernando once heard that fighting against the barbarians required the recruitment of ordinary demon supporters, but he also knew that the Maned Wolf family had been the Earl of the Northwest of the Dragon for generations, and every inch of land in the Northwest was their Maned Wolf territory, and the Maned Wolf Family would never tolerate the involvement of others.

"Sir," the maned wolf butler walked into the room, "news from the Hall of Mirrors that a royal meeting is to be held"

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Between the Maned Wolf City and the King's Domain, Dragon's Tooth City, is the Elk Viscounty. Viscount Ganter Elk is a distant relative of Warner Elk, Marquis of Elk in the Southern Elk of the Dragon, and the two families share a common ancestor dating back to the Demon Tide of the Emperor in 709.

However, the ancestors of 300 years ago did not delay the current elk viscount and the marquis of the family, for the maned wolf, the elk family is the most heartfelt royal capital and the southern nobles in the entire territory.

"200 cavalry? How so? Shouldn't the Count go directly to Roth Castle to help? "Count Elk has seen that there is a doorway here.

"I'm afraid the Maned Wolf Knights didn't have time to assemble?" The Viscount's maester guessed.

"No, more than 50 knights of the Maned Wolf Knights live in Maned Wolf City, and they can be gathered in less than half a day, or they can enter the Blue Magpie Castle in less than a day, and they can be killed under Roth City on the third day."

"The opponent is 200 cavalry, even if all 50 knights are dispatched, it will be difficult to save the defeat, right?"

"There are only 10 cavalry available in a tribe of barbarians, but they will not use all their forces to attack, and behind 200 cavalry there are at least 40 tribes, and these barbarians cannot be ready to set off together in advance.

Even if Maned Wolf City didn't have a reason to die and not save it, now it was because of their mistakes that led to the biggest barbarian invasion in recent years, and our earl may have to face pressure from the royal capital."

"So what should we do now?"

"Gather all the knights and get ready to head to the Blue Magpie Castle, we can't make the same mistake as the maned wolf!"

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At this moment, in the palace of the royal capital Dragon Tooth City, the dragon king Du Sen Bai Xiao is holding a royal meeting in the Hall of Mirrors.

The Hall of Mirrors is a very special kind of room, and when you suddenly enter, you will feel that there are only polygonal walls, a table and a chair in the Hall of Mirrors.

However, once the underground circle is activated, 7 or 8 mirrors on the wall will be activated, and the mirrors on the wall can connect to another mirror thousands of miles away, so that people at both ends of the mirror can see each other. For the people of Rand's hometown, it's two monitors.

In the Hall of Mirrors of the Dragon Kingdom Palace, there are 2 sub-feudal marquises, 3 sub-feudal earls, 3 duke families, the highest temple of the kingdom, the dragon's nest, the highest magic tower of the kingdom, and the lair of several legendary dragons.

Today's Imperial Council is dedicated to discussing the invasion of barbarians on the Northwest Frontier. At the same time that Count Maned Wolf received the fall of Rotter, the royal capital had already received the news.

A lot of important information kings are not slow to know, but because of the game between the various families, the usual bad news will be considered completely unconcerned at first, and then it is confirmed that it can be solved at any time, and later it is confirmed that the opportunity to solve it is missed.

In short, knowing in time does not mean that it can be dealt with in time, and dealing with it in time does not mean that it can be recovered in time, and timely recovery does not mean that there will be good results in the future, which is the outcome of the family game in the kingdom.

"Caspian, old man, tell me, are your barbarians so bad?" Nine years ago, Dusen White Owl became the Dragon King for various reasons.

Although he is the son-in-law of the old king of the Dragon Kingdom, Balla Red Dragon, he is not surnamed Red Dragon, and he will wait until his son Yeliqi Red Dragon is promoted to level 9 before he abdicates to his son.

Therefore, during the reign of Dusen White Owl, he did not like to hold this kind of "video conference", and he could feel the dissatisfaction of other nobles with his marriage through the magic mirror.

"Your Majesty, please believe that the Maned Wolf Family can defend the Northwest for the entire kingdom" The Earl of the Northwest was arguing, and the defense was pale and weak.

"I heard that 200 barbarian cavalry have gathered in the territory of Lot, and a few hundred more cavalry are gathering north of the Kornico Valley?" It was Viscount Roland Lanyuan who spoke, the chief knight of the court.

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible" The Maned Wolf Count can only bite to death now to prevent the royal capital forces from entering the Maned Wolf territory.

"Well, since there is not so much pressure, then the Dragon Knights don't need to continue to be on guard. But Lord McLaren Blue Dragon? ”

"Yes, Your Majesty" McLaren Blue Dragon is one of the three legendary pillars of the Dragon Kingdom, and is now a legendary pinnacle knight.

The Legendary Pillars are those legendary powerhouses who have been supported by the kingdom or principality, and their families are either royal or dukes.

For example, the three legendary pillars of the Dragon Empire, the legendary knight McLaren Blue Dragon, the legendary priest Gorkesh Red Dragon, and the legendary mage Bennett Wyvern, each of which has a duke title and a central city.

Such favor naturally required them to respond promptly when there was a crisis in the kingdom.

"Why don't you keep an eye on the Northwest Territory and give a hand if there's an accident?"

"Of course, Your Majesty"

"Thank you for Your Majesty's arrangement" Count Maned Wolf said thank you on his lips, but he kept complaining in his heart, once the legend made a move, he must give corresponding thanks. The Maned Wolf Count now regrets that he didn't support Roth in the first place.